Research
Projects
Teaching
Blog
News & Media
Talks & Events
Team
About
Contact
English
English
Español
Econometrics
Causal Inference for Data Science
Course module on causal questions, identification, quasi-experiments, observational data, and policy evaluation.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on Jun 1, 2026
Enhanced social connectivity in hybrid classrooms versus academic centrality in online settings
Social learning, the ability to perceive, interpret, and assess the behavior of one’s peers, is crucial for forming meaningful …
Javier Pulgar
,
Diego Ramirez
,
Cristian Candia
PDF
Cite
DOI
Linking physical violence to women’s mobility in Chile
Despite increased global attention on violence against women, understanding the factors that lead to women becoming victims remains a …
Hugo Contreras
,
Cristian Candia
,
Rodrigo Troncoso
,
Leo Ferres
,
Loreto Bravo
,
Bruno Lepri
,
Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
Cite
Source Document
DOI
Temporal Characterization of Cultural Communities: A Computational Social Science Approach to Collective Memory and Attention
Funded by ANID-FONDECYT Iniciación 11200986. 2021-2023.
Cristian Candia
,
Camila Utreras
Last updated on May 29, 2026
Research Grants
Quantifying hierarchy and prestige in US ballet academies as social predictors of career success
In the recent decade, we have seen major progress in quantifying the behaviors and the impact of scientists, resulting in a …
Yessica Herrera
,
Alexander Gates
,
Cristian Candia
,
Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
Cite
Source Document
DOI
Interventions and Pedagogical Decision Making in Science Classrooms: A Research Agenda using Social Network Analysis. [Virtual Talk]
Abstract: [ENG] Education professionals, researchers, and even most student would agree that learning and development in its largest sense are highly social processes.
Apr 14, 2023 12:00 PM
CRiSS-LAB, UDD, Las Condes, Chile.
Javier Pulgar
The Election Polarization Index (EPI): Mapping polarization through elections [Virtual Talk]
Abstract: [ENG] The study of polarization as a social phenomenon has inspired a rich literature on methods and socio-demographic features to characterize them.
Mar 31, 2023 12:00 PM
CRiSS-LAB, UDD, Las Condes, Chile.
Carlos Navarrete
Video
Reciprocity heightens academic performance in elementary school students
Social relationships are pivotal for human beings. Yet, we still lack a complete understanding of the types and conditions of social …
Cristian Candia
,
Melanie Oyarzún
,
Victor Landaeta
,
Tamara Yaikin
,
Cecilia Monge
,
César Hidalgo
,
Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
PDF
Cite
DOI
Quantifying Success in Ballet
Jul 26, 2022 12:00 AM
NetSci 2022, Shanghai, China
Yessica Herrera
,
Alexander Gates
,
Cristian Candia
,
Lászlo Barabási
Video
Citizens at the forefront of the constitutional debate: Voluntary citizen participation determinants and emergent content in Chile
In the past few decades, constitution-making processes have shifted from being undertakings performed by elites and closed off from the …
María Paz Raveau
,
Juan Pablo Couyoumdjian
,
Claudio Fuentes-Bravo
,
Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
,
Cristian Candia
Cite
DOI
Long-term collaboration with strong friendship ties improves academic performance in remote and hybrid teaching modalities in high school physics
Collaboration among students is fundamental for knowledge building and competency development. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of …
Javier Pulgar
,
Diego Ramirez
,
Abigail Umanzor
,
Cristian Candia
,
Iván Sánchez
PDF
Cite
DOI
Lixandria: una herramienta para acompañar a tus estudiantes a descubrir su carrera
Apr 28, 2022 12:00 AM
Universidad del Desarrollo, Las Condes, Chile
Cristian Candia
Video
School schedules and mothers’ employment: evidence from an education reform
Women’s employment plays an important role in household well-being, and among mothers, lack of child care is one of the main reasons …
Matias Berthelon
,
Diana Kruger
,
Melanie Oyarzún
PDF
Cite
DOI
Plataforma para la toma de decisiones en educación superior
Nov 15, 2021 12:00 AM
Universidad del Desarrollo, Las Condes, Chile
Cristian Candia
Video
Digital Footprints for Collective Intelligence
Oct 20, 2021 12:00 AM
Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Cristian Candia
Video
Applicant's Inconsistent Preferences for Degree Programs Reduce Their First-year Retention in Higher Education
Sep 28, 2021 12:00 AM
Universidad de Granada, España
Cristian Candia
Video
Quantifying the selective forgetting and integration of ideas in science and technology
How long will this article be remembered? How long will people reference it in their conversations, and for how many years will other …
Cristian Candia
,
Brian Uzzi
PDF
Cite
DOI
Breaking the wall of dropouts in higher education
Jun 22, 2021 12:00 AM
German Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Santiago, Chile
Cristian Candia
Video
Plataforma para la toma de decisiones en educación superior
Jun 7, 2021 12:00 AM
Government School, Universidad del Desarrollo, Las Condes, Chile
Cristian Candia
Video
Trazas digitales para la inteligencia colectiva
Apr 21, 2021 12:00 AM
Department of Computational Science, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Cristian Candia
Video
La decadencia universal de la memoria y atención colectiva
Oct 21, 2020 12:00 AM
Coquimbo, Chile
Cristian Candia
Video
Social networks and academic performance in physics: Undergraduate cooperation enhances ill-structured problem elaboration and inhibits well-structured problem solving
For several decades, scholars have studied the role of cooperation and its outcomes in educational contexts. Yet we lack a complete …
Javier Pulgar
,
Cristian Candia
,
Paul M Leonardi
PDF
Cite
DOI
The higher education space: connecting degree programs from individuals’ choices
Data on the applicants’ revealed preferences when entering higher education is used as a proxy to build the Higher Education Space …
Cristian Candia
,
Sara Encarnação
,
Flavio Pinheiro
PDF
Cite
DOI
¿Cómo olvidan las sociedades?
Aug 22, 2019 12:00 AM
Teatro Italia, Providencia, Chile
Cristian Candia
Video
The universal decay of collective memory and attention
Collective memory and attention are sustained by two channels oral communication (communicative memory) and the physical recording of …
Cristian Candia
,
Cristián Jara-Figueroa
,
Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
,
Lászlo Barabási
,
César Hidalgo
PDF
Cite
DOI
The universal decay of collective memory and attention [Video]
-- Cultural products have a life of their own: academic papers get cited and songs get downloaded. While scholars have studied these patterns, we know little about how to model the decay of attention.
Jan 1, 2019 12:00 AM
Boston, MA
Cristian Candia
Video
Cite
×